Rise of American Naval PowerPrinceton University Press, 08/12/2015 - 422 من الصفحات Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. |
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... oversea colonies . The British Admiralty in time of war had not guarded the Empire's sea communications by scattering its ships around the oceans by one's and two's . The guiding principles had been concen- tration of force and ...
... oversea bases remained secure with minimal outlay for garrisons or other land defense . The geographical structure of international politics added significantly to the edifice of British seapower . Until late in the nineteenth century ...
... overseas . At the same time , alternative opportunities already on the horizon went largely or completely unnoticed in Mahan's vision of the future . In the 1890's and 1900's , evidence of accelerating technological change was ...
... overseas were returning home . These great war machines , looming one after another through the mist , were a far cry from the pic- turesque , long - vanished sailing ships in which John Paul Jones and other Revolutionary captains had ...
... oversea expansion accompanying the war with Spain , however , had transformed the United States from a continental Power to a world empire , although few men in 1898 grasped the naval implications of this fact . Even fewer foresaw the ...